NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER

Ian Berriman

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2023 | N/A | SVOD Director Ole Bornedal Cast Fanny Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulf Pilgaard SHUDDER  A Danish take on a Hitchcockian thriller, 1994’s Nightwatch saw Martin, a student working as a nightwatchman at a morgue, tangled up in a serial killer case, with the necrophile murderer finally unmasked (spoilers!) as the investigating detective. This 30-years-later sequel sees four cast returning, thanks to a retcon: the bad guy wasn’t shot dead, but survived. To unearth a tragic backstory her dad’s never shared, Martin’s daughter takes the same job, then visits the killer in a psychiatric hospital. But this restarts the cycle of violence, placing her family in danger. Featuring some pleasing callbacks (music on a Walkman; moths trapped in a light fitting), the follow-up has more of…

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